Red Flag (Extreme Risk) Laws by State (2026)
Which states have red flag laws, who can ask for an order, and how long orders last.
| State | Red flag law |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Alabama has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). The closest provision lets a law enforcement officer, during an investigation, temporarily take a firearm into custody on reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct or when needed for protection; it must be returned before the person is released from the scene if the person is not an immediate threat and is not arrested. Ala. Code 1975 Title 13A, ch. 11, §§ 13A-11-50 to 13A-11-98 (reviewed); Ala. Code Title 30, chs. 5 and 5A (reviewed); § 13A-11-97 (Act 2022-133) |
| Alaska | Alaska has no state law that provides extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Domestic violence protective orders can address weapons: after a hearing, the court may prohibit the respondent from using or possessing a deadly weapon, and may order the respondent to surrender any firearm, if it finds the respondent possessed or used a weapon (or firearm) while committing the domestic violence. Those provisions last one year unless dissolved earlier, and the petitioner may ask for one-year extensions. Only a victim of a crime involving domestic violence (or a parent, guardian or representative for a minor) may petition, against a household member. AS 18.66.100(a), (b)(2), (c)(6)-(7), (f) |
| Arizona | Arizona has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). In a domestic-violence order of protection, if the court finds the defendant is a credible threat to the physical safety of the plaintiff, it may prohibit the defendant from possessing or purchasing a firearm for the duration of the order and must order the defendant to transfer any firearm to law enforcement (within 24 hours after service if not done immediately); an order expires two years after service. A.R.S. Title 13, ch. 31 (reviewed); A.R.S. Title 13, ch. 36 (reviewed); A.R.S. § 13-3602(G)(4), (N) |
| California | Yes: the gun violence restraining order (GVRO), which can stop someone from having, owning, buying or receiving firearms, firearm parts, ammunition, magazines or body armor. Who may ask: a law enforcement officer or agency; an immediate family member (spouse, parent, child, grandparent, or anyone who regularly lives with the person now or did in the last 6 months); the person's employer; a co-worker with regular contact who has worked with the person for at least a year and has the employer's permission; and an employee or teacher at a school the person attended in the last six months, with an administrator's or supervisor's permission. After a court hearing, an order 'can last up to 5 years'; temporary and emergency orders are short-term. Cal. Pen. Code §§ 18100-18205; California Courts Self-Help Guide, Gun Violence Restraining Orders |
| Colorado | Yes: extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs). Who may petition: a family or household member, a law enforcement officer or agency, a 'community member' (a licensed health-care or mental health professional or an educator who dealt with the respondent or the respondent's child within six months, or certain crisis co-responders), or an 'institutional petitioner' (an entity employing such a person, such as a school district, college or hospital). A temporary order may be sought without notice. After a hearing, if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent poses a significant risk of injury to self or others by having a firearm, it issues an order 'for a period of three hundred sixty-four days.' Renewal may be requested within 63 days before expiration. C.R.S. §§ 13-14.5-102, 13-14.5-103(1)(a), 13-14.5-105(2) |
| Connecticut | Yes (risk protection orders). A state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or police officer may apply to a Superior Court judge for a risk protection order (and seizure warrant) against a person 18 or older who poses a risk of imminent personal injury to self or others. A family or household member or a medical professional may apply to the court clerk for a risk protection order investigation. After a hearing, if the state proves the risk by clear and convincing evidence, the order continues until the person successfully petitions to end it; the person may first petition at least 180 days after the hearing. A separate procedure covers children under 18 (§ 29-38q). Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 29-38c(a), (b), (e), (f); 29-38q |
| Delaware | Yes (lethal violence protective orders). A family member of the respondent (as defined in 10 Del. C. § 901 and § 1041(2)b.) or a law-enforcement officer may petition the Court. An emergency order may not exceed 45 days (a full hearing is held within 15 days) and requires a preponderance of the evidence; an order after a hearing requires clear and convincing evidence and lasts a fixed period 'not to exceed 5 years.' A petitioner may seek renewal within 3 months before expiration, for up to 1 year. 10 Del. C. §§ 7701(4), 7703, 7704(b), (j), 7705(b) |
| District of Columbia | Yes (extreme risk protection orders). A petition may be filed in D.C. Superior Court by a person related to the respondent or in a romantic, dating or sexual relationship with them, a sworn member of a law enforcement agency operating in the District, or a mental health professional. An ex parte order requires probable cause and lasts up to 14 days (extendable in 14-day increments for good cause); the hearing on a final order is held within 14 days of the petition; a final order is in effect for up to one year. D.C. Code §§ 7-2510.01(2), 7-2510.03(a)(2), 7-2510.04 |
| Florida | Yes (risk protection orders). Only a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency may petition; the petitioner must try to notify family or household members. A temporary ex parte order may be issued on reasonable cause and lasts until the hearing, which must be held no later than 14 days after the order. After a hearing, if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent poses a significant danger, it issues an order for up to 12 months. Fla. Stat. s. 790.401(1)(a), (2), (3), (4) |
| Hawaii | Yes (gun violence protective orders). A law enforcement officer, a family or household member of the respondent, a medical professional, an educator, or a colleague (someone who works at the same business or workplace) may petition. A court may issue a temporary ex parte order if the respondent poses an imminent danger of causing bodily injury with access to firearms or ammunition; a hearing must be held within 14 days to decide whether to issue a one-year order. HRS §§ 134-61, 134-64 |
| Idaho | Idaho has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Idaho Code Title 18, ch. 33 (reviewed); Idaho Code Title 39, ch. 63 (reviewed) |
| Illinois | Yes, the Firearms Restraining Order Act. A petition may be filed by a family member of the respondent (spouse, former spouse, person with a minor child in common, parent, child, step-child, other relative by blood or present marriage, or a person sharing a common dwelling) or by a law enforcement officer. An emergency order is issued ex parte if the judge finds probable cause of an immediate and present danger; the court must schedule a full hearing within 14 days, and may extend the emergency order for no more than 14 days. A plenary order requires clear and convincing evidence that the respondent poses a significant danger and lasts at least 6 months and up to one year; a hearing on a plenary petition must be ordered within 30 days. The petitioner may seek renewal within the 3 months before expiration, for up to one more year at a time; the respondent may submit one written request during the order to terminate it. 430 ILCS 67/5, 67/35, 67/40, 67/45 |
| Indiana | Yes. Only a law enforcement officer may seek seizure: a court may issue a warrant on an officer's sworn affidavit that a person is 'dangerous' and has a firearm, or an officer may seize without a warrant and file an affidavit within 48 hours. The court must make a good-faith effort to hold a hearing within 14 days; the State must prove dangerousness by clear and convincing evidence. If the person is found dangerous, the firearm is retained, any handgun license is suspended, and the person is barred from renting, receiving, owning or possessing a firearm. The person may petition for return at least 180 days after the order: within one year of the order the person must prove by a preponderance that they are no longer dangerous; after one year the State must prove continued dangerousness by clear and convincing evidence. If the State fails to prove dangerousness, the court must order the firearm returned within 5 days and the records sealed and expunged (as amended effective July 1, 2025). IC 35-47-14-1 to -8 |
| Iowa | Iowa has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). (Domestic abuse protective orders and no-contact orders can require the defendant to give up firearms, offensive weapons and ammunition.) Iowa Code ch. 724 (reviewed); Iowa Code chs. 236 and 664A (reviewed); §§ 236.5, 664A.5 |
| Kansas | Kansas has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). K.S.A. ch. 21, art. 63 and ch. 75, art. 7c (reviewed); K.S.A. ch. 60, arts. 31, 31a and 31b (reviewed) |
| Kentucky | Kentucky has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). State law provides that no person or unit of government may take, seize, confiscate or impound a firearm from a person except in listed cases (e.g., a person barred from firearms under KRS 527.040 or federal law, carrying unlawfully, holding a stolen firearm, or using it to commit an offense). KRS chs. 237 and 527 (reviewed); KRS 403.715 to 403.785 and ch. 456 (reviewed); KRS 237.104(2)-(3) |
| Louisiana | Louisiana has no state law that sets up extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Separately, a person subject to certain domestic abuse protective orders may not possess a firearm while the order is in effect. La. R.S. 14:94-95.10; R.S. 40:1751-1812; R.S. 46:2131-2151, 46:2171-2174, 46:2183 (reviewed); R.S. 46:2136.3 |
| Maine | Yes. Under the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act, a family or household member, a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer may petition a court. After a hearing (held within 14 days of the petition), the court may bar the respondent from purchasing, possessing or receiving a dangerous weapon for up to one year, renewable for additional periods of up to one year. An emergency (ex parte) order may last up to 14 days until the hearing. 25 M.R.S. §§2242, 2244, 2245, 2246 |
| Maryland | Yes. A petition for an extreme risk protective order may be filed in District Court (or with a District Court commissioner when the clerk's office is closed) by a law enforcement officer; the respondent's spouse, cohabitant, a relative by blood, marriage or adoption, a person with a child in common, a current dating or intimate partner, or a current or former legal guardian; or a physician, psychologist or certain other clinicians or health officers who have examined the respondent. A temporary order lasts up to 7 days after service (extendable up to 6 months to effect service); a final order, entered on clear and convincing evidence, lasts up to 1 year and may be extended. Md. Code, Pub. Safety §§5-601(e), 5-602(b), 5-604(c), 5-605(b)-(c) |
| Massachusetts | Yes. A petition for an extreme risk protection order may be filed by a family or household member; the licensing authority where the respondent lives; a law enforcement agency or officer that interacted with the respondent in an official capacity within the past 30 days; a health care provider (including physicians, nurses, psychologists, counselors and social workers) who treated the respondent within the past 6 months; or a school principal, assistant principal or college administrator. The court must hold a hearing within 10 days and grants the order on a preponderance of the evidence. An emergency order may issue without notice and expires 10 days after issuance unless a hearing is held. The respondent must surrender any license/card, firearms and ammunition. The court notifies the petitioner at least 30 days before an order expires, and the petitioner may seek renewal. M.G.L. c. 140, §§121 ('Petitioner'), 131R, 131S(a), (c), 131T(a) |
| Michigan | Yes (Extreme Risk Protection Order Act). A petition may be filed in the family division of circuit court by the respondent's spouse or former spouse, a person with a child in common, a current or former dating partner, a current or former household member, a family member, a guardian, a law enforcement officer, or a health care provider. The court issues an order if it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent can reasonably be expected in the near future to seriously injure self or others by possessing a firearm. An order may issue without notice on clear and convincing evidence (decided within 1 business day), with a hearing within 14 days after service if the respondent requests one. An order expires 1 year after issuance. MCL 691.1805(2); 691.1807(1)-(3); 691.1809(1)(k) |
| Minnesota | Yes. A petition for an extreme risk protection order may be filed by the chief law enforcement officer or designee, a city or county attorney, any family or household member of the respondent, or the respondent's guardian. The court must hold a hearing within 14 days; the petitioner must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent poses a significant danger to others or is at significant risk of suicide by possessing a firearm. A final order lasts between six months and one year, subject to renewal. An emergency order may issue for a fixed period of 14 days. Minn. Stat. §624.7171, subd. 4(b); §624.7172, subds. 1(a), 2(a), 2(e); §624.7174(e) |
| Mississippi | Mississippi has no state law that sets up extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Its protection orders under the Protection from Domestic Abuse Law require proof of abuse by a family or household member or a person in a dating relationship. Miss. Code Ann. §§97-37-1 to 97-37-105; §§45-9-31 to 45-9-209; Miss. Code Ann. §§93-21-1 to 93-21-113 (reviewed) |
| Missouri | Missouri has no state law that sets up extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Orders of protection under the Adult Abuse Act and the Child Protection Orders Act require abuse, stalking or sexual assault of the petitioner (or the child). RSMo ch. 571; RSMo ch. 455 (reviewed) |
| Montana | No. Montana has no extreme risk protection order law, and a 2025 law states 'that extreme risk protection orders violate a person's right to bear arms' under the U.S. and Montana constitutions. A local government may not enact or implement any policy 'that would have the effect of enforcing an extreme risk protection order against a resident of the state' or accept funding to do so; civil penalty up to $10,000 per instance. Orders of protection under Title 40, chapter 15 are not affected. MCA § 7-1-118 (Ch. 537, L. 2025) |
| Nebraska | Nebraska has no state law that sets up extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Its protection orders (domestic abuse, harassment and sexual assault) are sought by the person protected, and a domestic abuse protection order must give notice about firearms and ammunition. Neb. Rev. Stat. §§28-1201 to 28-1256; §§69-2401 to 69-2449; Neb. Rev. Stat. §§26-101 to 26-207 (reviewed); §26-115 |
| Nevada | Yes. A law enforcement officer, or a family or household member, may file a verified application for an emergency or extended order against a person who poses an imminent risk of injury to self or others by having a firearm. An emergency order lasts for a time fixed by the court 'not to exceed 7 calendar days' (may be extended up to 7 more days for pending service or good cause). An extended order lasts up to 1 year and can be renewed for up to 1 year if a petition is filed at least 3 months before it expires. The person must surrender firearms immediately after service. NRS 33.560, 33.575, 33.600, 33.640 |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire has no state law that sets up extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Domestic violence protective orders under RSA 173-B are sought by the person abused. RSA chs. 159, 159-D, 159-E, 159-F; RSA ch. 173-B (reviewed) |
| New Jersey | Yes (Extreme Risk Protective Order Act of 2018). 'Petitioner' means 'a family or household member or law enforcement officer.' A petitioner may seek a temporary extreme risk protective order alleging that the respondent 'poses a significant danger of bodily injury to self or others' by having a firearm. A hearing for a final order must be held in Superior Court 'within 10 days of the filing of a petition'; a final order issues if the court finds that danger 'by a preponderance of the evidence'. The statute sets no fixed expiration for a final order; the petitioner or respondent may ask the court to terminate it, and the termination petition 'may be filed at any time following the issuance of the order.' N.J.S. 2C:58-21, 2C:58-23, 2C:58-24, 2C:58-25 |
| New Mexico | Yes — Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act (2020). A petition 'shall be filed only by a law enforcement officer employed by a law enforcement agency' (by the district attorney or attorney general if the respondent is a law enforcement officer). An officer must file on credible information from a 'reporting party' — a spouse, former spouse, parent, stepparent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, co-parent of a child, child, a person in a continuing personal relationship with the respondent, an employer, or a public or private school administrator — and since 2025 may also file on credible information the officer collected 'while carrying out the officer's official duties.' After a hearing the court may issue a one-year order ('granted for up to one year'); the petitioner may seek extensions, and 'Each extension of the order shall not exceed one year.' The respondent must relinquish firearms 'immediately upon service of the order or as directed by the court.' NMSA 1978, §§ 40-17-2, 40-17-5, 40-17-8, 40-17-10 (Laws 2020, ch. 5; Laws 2025, ch. 17) |
| New York | Yes (CPLR Article 63-A). Petitioners: a law enforcement agency, police officer or district attorney; 'a family or household member'; 'a school administrator'; or a licensed physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, registered nurse (and other listed clinicians) 'who has treated the person against whom the order is sought in the six months immediately preceding the filing of the petition.' A final extreme risk protection order runs 'for a period of up to one year from the date of the issuance of such order' (measured from the temporary order if one was issued). N.Y. CPLR §§ 6340(2), 6343(3)(c) |
| North Carolina | North Carolina has no state law that sets up extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Domestic violence protective orders (Chapter 50B) require a personal relationship and an act of domestic violence and may order firearms surrendered; a person subject to such an order may be barred from buying or possessing firearms while it is in effect. Civil no-contact orders (Chapter 50C) require nonconsensual sexual conduct or stalking. N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 14, arts. 35, 52A, 53A, 53B, 53C, 54A, 54B; N.C. Gen. Stat. chs. 50B, 50C (reviewed); G.S. 50B-3.1, 14-269.8 |
| North Dakota | North Dakota has no state law that sets up extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Domestic violence protection orders and disorderly conduct restraining orders are sought by the person protected and require domestic violence or disorderly conduct toward that person. N.D.C.C. chs. 62.1-01 to 62.1-05; N.D.C.C. chs. 14-07.1, 12.1-31.2 (reviewed) |
| Ohio | Ohio has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). R.C. ch. 2923, 2903 (protection orders, 2903.213-.215) and 3113 (domestic violence protection orders) (reviewed) |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders. Its Anti-Red Flag Act bars cities and counties from adopting such orders. It also bars state and local agencies from accepting grants or funding to carry out any law or order that would force an extreme risk protection order on an Oklahoma citizen. 21 O.S. §§ 1289.24b, 1289.24c; 21 O.S. ch. 53 and 22 O.S. §§ 60-60.31 (Protection from Domestic Abuse Act) (reviewed) |
| Oregon | Yes. A law enforcement officer or a family or household member may petition a court for an extreme risk protection order barring a person from having, buying or receiving deadly weapons. The court must decide the petition the same day or the next judicial business day. An order lasts one year unless ended sooner, and may be renewed after a hearing if the petitioner proves by clear and convincing evidence that the risk continues. ORS 166.527(1)-(2), (10); 166.535 |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders. Courts can order firearms relinquished in protection-from-abuse (PFA) cases under 23 Pa.C.S. § 6108(a)(7). 18 Pa.C.S. ch. 61; 23 Pa.C.S. ch. 61 (Protection from Abuse) (reviewed) |
| Rhode Island | Yes. Only a law enforcement agency may petition the superior court (in the county where the respondent lives) for an extreme risk protection order. No filing fee is charged. A temporary order may be issued first. A final order lasts for a fixed period of one year and may be renewed. R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 8-8.3-1, 8-8.3-2, 8-8.3-4, 8-8.3-5, 8-8.3-7 |
| South Carolina | South Carolina has no state law that creates an extreme risk protection order. A separate provision makes it unlawful to sell or deliver a handgun to 'a person who by order of a circuit judge or county court judge of this State has been adjudged unfit to carry or possess a firearm, such adjudication to be made upon application by any police officer, or by any prosecuting officer of this State, or sua sponte, by the court', after reasonable notice and a proper hearing. The statute sets no duration for such an adjudication. S.C. Code § 16-23-30(A)(4); S.C. Code tit. 16, ch. 23; tit. 23, ch. 31; tit. 20, ch. 4 (Protection from Domestic Abuse) (reviewed) |
| South Dakota | South Dakota has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders. SDCL ch. 22-14, 23-7, 25-10 (Protection from Domestic Abuse) and 22-19A (stalking protection orders) (reviewed) |
| Tennessee | A 2024 law (Public Chapter 1062, SB 2763, signed June 3, 2024) provides that 'the general assembly preempts the entire field of legislation regarding extreme risk protection orders', bars political subdivisions from adopting them or accepting grants or other funding for them, and declares federal orders that would enforce such an order against a Tennessee resident void in Tennessee (ordinary orders of protection are not affected). Pub. Ch. 1062 (2024) (SB 2763 / HB 2035, 113th General Assembly) |
| Texas | Texas has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders, and since September 1, 2025 state law prohibits them: state and local entities may not adopt or enforce any rule or policy on extreme risk protective orders unless state law specifically authorizes it; federal measures enforcing such orders that infringe due process, gun or speech rights are declared unenforceable in Texas; entities may not accept federal grants to enforce them; and serving or enforcing (or attempting to) an extreme risk protective order against a person in Texas, unless issued under Texas law, is a state jail felony. Ordinary protective orders under the Family Code or Code of Criminal Procedure are not affected. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. arts. 7C.001-7C.006 (Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1182 (S.B. 1362), eff. Sept. 1, 2025); Tex. Penal Code ch. 46, Tex. Code Crim. Proc. ch. 7B and Tex. Fam. Code chs. 81, 83, 85 (reviewed) |
| Utah | Utah has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders. Related tools: a cohabitant may voluntarily commit a firearm to law enforcement for safekeeping when they believe the owner is an immediate threat; and an individual may voluntarily ask the Bureau of Criminal Identification to place them on a restricted list barring their own firearm purchase and possession, either for 180 days (removal can be requested after 30 days) or indefinitely (removal can be requested after 90 days). Utah Code §§ 53-5a-502; 53-5a-504(1)-(2); Utah Code tit. 53 ch. 5a, tit. 76 ch. 11, tit. 78B ch. 7 (Protective Orders and Stalking Injunctions, Parts 1-13) (reviewed) |
| Vermont | Yes. A State's Attorney, the Office of the Attorney General, or a family or household member may petition the Family Division of the Superior Court for an extreme risk protection order barring a person from purchasing, possessing or receiving a dangerous weapon (firearm or explosive). After notice and a hearing, with the petitioner proving the case by clear and convincing evidence, an order lasts up to six months; the respondent may move to terminate it (once per order period), and a State's Attorney or the Attorney General may move to renew it. A temporary ex parte order may be issued for imminent risk, with a hearing within 14 days; when a family or household member files, the State's Attorney is substituted as plaintiff. 13 V.S.A. §§ 4051, 4053, 4054, 4055 |
| Virginia | Yes (substantial risk orders). An attorney for the Commonwealth, a law-enforcement officer, listed licensed mental-health and medical professionals, certified evaluators, community services board designees, an immediate family or household member, an intimate partner, or a school administrator or superintendent (for a current or recent student) may petition a judge or magistrate for an emergency substantial risk order barring the person from purchasing, possessing or transporting firearms. An emergency order expires at 11:59 p.m. on the 14th day after issuance; a court must hold a hearing within 14 days to decide on a full substantial risk order, which can last up to 180 days and be extended for up to 180 days at a time on clear and convincing evidence. Va. Code §§ 19.2-152.13(B), (F); 19.2-152.14(A), (C); 18.2-308.1:6 |
| Washington | Yes. An intimate partner or a family or household member of the respondent, or a law enforcement agency, may petition for an extreme risk protection order alleging that the respondent poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to self or others by having or obtaining a firearm. A temporary ex parte order lasts until the full hearing; a full order lasts one year and may be renewed (petitioners may move to renew within 90 days before it expires, and a renewal also lasts one year). RCW 7.105.100(1)(e); 7.105.410 |
| West Virginia | West Virginia has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders. Under the Second Amendment Preservation and Anti-Federal Commandeering Act (2021), no state court has authority to issue an order depriving a citizen of the right to possess firearms under any 'red flag law', and no state police agency or officer may enforce a red-flag order against a person who may lawfully possess firearms under state law. W. Va. Code §§ 61-7B-3, 61-7B-5(c), 61-7B-6; W. Va. Code ch. 61, arts. 7 and 7B; ch. 48, art. 27 (domestic violence protective orders) (reviewed) |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders; chapter 813 (injunctions) contains no such procedure. Firearm prohibitions do apply to people subject to domestic abuse, child abuse and certain harassment injunctions. Wis. Stat. §§ 941.29(1m)(f), 175.35(1)(at); Wis. Stat. chs. 813, 941, 175 (reviewed) |
| Wyoming | Wyoming has no state law that provides for extreme risk protection orders, and it bans red flag orders. Under the Prohibit Red Flag Gun Seizure Act, the state, its agencies and political subdivisions may not implement or enforce any federal or state law, order or judicial finding that would enforce a 'red flag gun seizure' order against a Wyoming resident, and may not spend state funds or accept federal funds to do so. Agencies whose officers knowingly enforce such an order face civil damages and penalties of up to $50,000 per violation, and since July 1, 2026 any person who knowingly violates the act commits a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in jail, a $2,000 fine, or both. The act does not cover existing prohibitions such as felony convictions, protection orders, bond or probation conditions, or involuntary hospitalization. W.S. 9-14-301 to 9-14-303; W.S. tit. 6 ch. 8, tit. 35 ch. 21 (domestic violence protection) and 7-3-501 to 7-3-511 (stalking protection orders) (reviewed) |
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